The Big Sky

One advantage of living in Norfolk is the huge expanse of sky, ideal for a bit of star gazing, not so ideal if all your neighbours insist on having those mega-spotlights on all night because it is so dark. Why they need to illuminate a patch of grass is beyond me, especially as it makes it so much easier for burgulars to hide in the nice sharp shadows. Any passer-by looking at the house would be blinded before they spotted any wrong-doers.

Anyway I can now do a bit of desk astronomy with the latest Google Earth release, which includes the night sky from anywhere on the planet, plus zoom in on anything interesting.

My god, it's full of stars!

And I can now see what those Antipodean folks can see as well. Neat!